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Captain Morgan migrants stage protest as Malta maintains hard line MATTHEW AGIUS MIGRANTS held indefinitely on the Captain Morgan tourist ferry boat yesterday mounted a protest at their detention, as punishing weather and a five- week imprisonment out at sea was pushing people to the brink of insanity. Sources who spoke to MaltaTo- day said crew members aboard the Europa II were complaining that they had been placed in an impossible situation by the Mal- tese government's intransigence and refusal to take in the asylum seekers. "They say they have been on good terms with the migrants on board – that they have been feeding them regularly and re- specting Ramadan dietary re- quirements, also entertaining them. STAY SAFE, WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 PAGE 2 JAMES DEGAETANO Coronavirus? We're not out of the woods yet, says pathology expert INTERVIEW •MT2 maltatoday SUNDAY • 7 JUNE 2020 • ISSUE 1075 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY PAGE 5 €1.95 US drops case RASHED AL-TUMI A new Maltese generation that must stamp out racism PAGE 6 KARL AZZOPARDI A cluster of COVID-19 cases traced back to Mater Dei Hospi- tal's ENT ward is being investi- gated by the health authorities to determine the source of this "ex- ceptional outbreak". There were 18 positive cases of coronavirus linked to the ENT ward, which deals with ailments related to the ear, nose and throat. Mater Dei CEO Celia Falzon confirmed the outbreak, adding that investigations were under- way to determine the cause. She was responding to a series of questions after MaltaToday received information that hospi- tal's Infection Control Unit only acted five days after a doctor in the ward resulted positive. The doctor tested positive on 5 May but his colleagues only got to know five days later when oth- er cases cropped up. 'Exceptional outbreak' of COVID-19 in ENT ward Stunning turn of events for Pilatus Bank owner PAGE 3 ISSN 2306-0735 THINK JUNE 2020 • ISSUE 32 JUNE 2020 • ISSUE 32 I D E A S • M A L T A • R E S E A R C H • P E O P L E • U N I V E R S I T Y FREE with MaltaToday From tourist ferry to water prison: this boat is contracted by the Maltese government to keep the migrants out at sea and unable to claim asylum unless EU states take them in. Now the detainees are protesting their five-week imprisonment on the high seas